Free allocation of aviation allowances
Article 50
1. The national administrator shall indicate for each aircraft operator and for each year whether or not the aircraft operator should receive an allocation for that year in the national aviation allocation table. 2. The central administrator shall ensure that the Union Registry transfers aviation allowances automatically from the EU Aviation Allocation Account to the relevant open or blocked aircraft operator holding account in accordance with the relevant allocation table, having regard to the modalities of the automatic transfer specified in the data exchange and technical specifications provided for in Article 75. 3. Where an agreement pursuant to Article 25 of Directive 2003/87/EC is in force and requires transferring aviation allowances to aircraft operators holding accounts in the registry of another greenhouse gas emissions trading system, the central administrator, in cooperation with the administrator of the other registry, shall ensure that the Union Registry transfers those aviation allowances from the EU Aviation Allocation Account to the corresponding accounts in the other registry. 4. Where an agreement pursuant to Article 25 of Directive 2003/87/EC is in force and requires transferring aviation allowances corresponding to another greenhouse gas emissions trading system to aircraft operators holding accounts in the Union Registry, the central administrator, in cooperation with the administrator of the other registry, shall ensure that the Union Registry transfers those aviation allowances from the corresponding accounts of the other registry to the aircraft operator holding accounts in the Union Registry, upon approval by the competent authority responsible for the administration of the other greenhouse gas emissions trading system. 5. Where an excluded aircraft operator holding account does not receive allowances under paragraph 2, allowances for the years of exclusion shall not be transferred to the account, should it be set to open status for subsequent years. 6. The central administrator shall ensure that an aircraft operator can transfer returning excess allowances to the EU Aviation Allocation Account where the national aviation allocation table of a Member State has been changed pursuant to Article 49 to correct for an over allocation of allowances to the aircraft operator, and the competent authority has requested the aircraft operator to return such excess allowances. 7. The competent authority may instruct the national administrator to transfer returning excess allowances to the EU Allocation Account where the over allocation of allowances is a consequence of allocation after an aircraft operator ceased the activities to which the allocation relate, without informing the competent authority.